Compare · list prices of 2026-10-24
ZEGOCLOUD alternative: VoltKit RTC, with chat included
ZEGOCLOUD prices voice, video and in-app chat on separate lines, in US dollars. VoltKit RTC prices each participant by the media used, in rupees, billed per second, and chat comes with every room.
Every ZEGOCLOUD figure is the list price read on 2026-10-24, from its pricing page or its 2022 SDK pricing doc, with the URL beside it; VoltKit's rates are read live from its price list. The other vendors are on the comparison of every video API.
VoltKit RTC: ₹99 (≈ $1.04) per 1,000 participant-minutes for Full HD video at the list prices published on 2026-10-24 by the vendors compared.
ZEGOCLOUD
ZEGOCLOUD's list prices
The pricing page lists one voice and one video rate per 1,000 participant-minutes; the tier figures come from an older SDK pricing doc written for accounts created before 9 December 2022. Live streaming is an audience line and is not compared.
| Vendor | Product line | List price (US$) | Unit | Note | Source, read 2026-10-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZEGOCLOUD | Voice Call | $0.99 | per 1,000 participant-minutes | zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24 | |
| ZEGOCLOUD | Video Call | $3.99 | per 1,000 participant-minutes | Not stated on the pricing page. The pricing page does not say which resolution this rate covers. | zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24 |
| ZEGOCLOUD | Video HD (up to 720p), 2022 SDK pricing docNot compared | $3.99 | per 1,000 participant-minutes | From the SDK pricing doc last updated 2022-12-08, which “applies to users who create an account before December 9”. | docs.zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24 |
| ZEGOCLOUD | Video Full HD (above 720p to 1080p), 2022 SDK pricing docNot compared | $12.99 | per 1,000 participant-minutes | From the SDK pricing doc last updated 2022-12-08, which “applies to users who create an account before December 9”. Above 1080p the doc says “contact us”. | docs.zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24 |
| ZEGOCLOUD | Live StreamingNot compared | $0.39 | per 1,000 minutes | An audience-streaming line. VoltKit bills everyone in a room as a participant at the room rates, so it is not compared. | zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24 |
| ZEGOCLOUD | In-app Chat | $99 | per 10,000 MAU | Priced separately from calling. | zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24 |
| ZEGOCLOUD | In-app Chat beyond the plan's MAU quotaNot compared | $0.015Snippet, unverified | per MAU | From a search snippet of the ZIM docs, which also say Pro and Enterprise include 10,000 MAU a month; verify before quoting. | zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24 |
List prices as published on 2026-10-24, each at the URL beside it.
- Allowance: 10,000 minutes free on sign-up; counted as minutes (whether monthly is not stated). Minimum commitment: not published.zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24
- The 2022 SDK pricing doc lists HD up to 720p at $3.99 and Full HD above 720p to 1080p at $12.99 per 1,000 participant-minutes for accounts created before 9 December 2022; above 1080p it says “contact us”.docs.zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24
Billing units
How ZEGOCLOUD counts a video tier, and how VoltKit does
VoltKit bills each participant the highest media they send or receive, sampled every 5 seconds and charged per second; one video rate covers 480p, 720p and 1080p at 30 fps, and receiving several streams does not change it.
- The pricing page does not state the video tier. The 2022 SDK pricing doc counts per user by aggregate resolution for accounts created after 9 December 2022, and per stream for older accounts.docs.zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24
- The 2022 SDK pricing doc bills a call under one minute as one minute; later rounding rules were not checked.docs.zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24
Chat
Chat: priced per monthly active user there, included here
ZEGOCLOUD sells in-app chat by monthly active users, on top of call minutes. On VoltKit every room has a chat channel the moment it exists, and people who only read along join on a chat-only connection that is not metered as a participant.
- ZEGOCLOUD In-app Chat: $99 per 10,000 MAU. Priced separately from calling.zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24
- VoltKit chat messages are not charged. A project may send 20,000 messages a day plus 200 for every participant-minute of live usage that day; each channel keeps its most recent 500 messages, and the allowance can be raised for a project. Chat guide
What you build
Voice rooms, live rooms and PK battles
The rooms ZEGOCLOUD customers often build (voice chat rooms, audio and video broadcasting rooms with co-hosts, multi-guest live rooms) run on one VoltKit room model: hosts and seated guests publish, everyone else in the same room watches or listens, and chat and gift events flow beside them.
Interactive live rooms: hosts and seated guests on air, the audience in the same room; not CDN broadcast.
What VoltKit does
- Roles signed into each token by your backend (host, cohost, moderator, viewer) and enforced by the service
- Raise-hand and promote to bring a viewer on stage; force-mute, remove and end the room from the server side
- Seats as named slots one person holds at a time, with a grace window when a connection drops
- Chat in every room, with chat-only connections for people who only read along
What your app builds
- The seat layout: 5-seater, 9-seater, 12-seater or 20-seater
- PK timers, scores and results for 1v1 PK, 1-vs-N PK, 2v2 team PK or family PK, kept over chat
- Gifts, coins and payouts, with gift events sent as chat messages
5-seater, 9-seater, 12-seater or 20-seater: the seat count is your app's layout. The service sets no limit on how many people publish in a room, so your app decides how many seats it shows. 1v1 PK, 1-vs-N PK, 2v2 team PK and family PK are app logic built on rooms, chat and the promote-and-reconnect recipe; VoltKit has no PK module.
See Rooms, Group audio rooms and the VoltKit RTC overview.
Migration
Moving from ZEGOCLOUD
There is no ZEGOCLOUD-specific migration guide; the concept map of the Agora migration guide applies. Your backend keeps deciding who joins which room with which role and mints a short-lived token for each person; the app joins with one StreamClient.
| In your app today | On VoltKit RTC |
|---|---|
| A room for each call or show | a room: PUT /v1/rooms/{roomId} creates it, or returns the live one |
| Your user ids | identity: your own user id, a string that others see and moderation acts on |
| Hosts, speakers and audience | roles your backend signs into the token: host, cohost, moderator or viewer; the host promotes a viewer with promote(identity, role) |
| A token from your backend | POST /v1/rooms/{roomId}/tokens returns token and wsUrl; tokens live ten minutes and are refreshed during the session |
| A separate in-app chat product | chat on the same connection (sendMessage, onMessage), plus chat-only connections that are not metered |
Issue tokens from your backend builds the endpoint, with server SDKs for Node.js, Python, Go, PHP and Java. Start with the quickstart and read Usage and billing for how participant-minutes are counted.
JavaScript (browser)
JavaScript SDK guide$ npm install @voltkit-rtc/clientReact (browser)
React SDK guide$ npm install @voltkit-rtc/react @voltkit-rtc/clientFlutter (iOS and Android apps)
Flutter SDK guide$ flutter pub add voltkit_rtcAndroid (Kotlin apps)
Android SDK guideimplementation("in.voltkit:voltkit-rtc:0.9.10")Native iOS (Swift)
In preview, not released yet. The Flutter SDK covers iOS apps today; for early access, email contact@voltkit.in.
iOS preview notes
VoltKit's rate for the same thing
One video rate covers 480p, 720p and 1080p at 30 fps with HD audio included; voice has a standard and an HD rate; 60 fps upgrades are charged only while delivered. The same list is on the pricing page, and pricing in India adds a participant-minute calculator and paying by UPI, card or net banking.
Each participant is billed one rate at a time: the highest of what they send and what they receive, recorded every 5 seconds and charged per second.
Voice
Standard Voice
Up to 64 kbps
39 credits
per 1,000 participant-minutes
0.039 credits per participant-minute · ₹39 (≈ $0.41) per 1,000 participant-minutes
HD Voice
Up to 128 kbps
49 credits
per 1,000 participant-minutes
0.049 credits per participant-minute · ₹49 (≈ $0.52) per 1,000 participant-minutes
Full HD Video + HD Audio
HD audio includedUp to 1080p/30, HD audio included
99 credits
per 1,000 participant-minutes
HD audio included in video — no separate audio charge.
Video with HD audio is 99 credits per 1,000 participant-minutes in total, never 99 + 49. A participant is billed one rate at a time: the highest media they actually send or receive.
0.099 credits per participant-minute · ₹99 (≈ $1.04) per 1,000 participant-minutes
Optional 60 fps upgrades
The premium is added to the video rate; at 30 fps the video rate applies. Totals include HD audio.
| Mode | Premium | Total | Per participant-minute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 1080p/30 | 0 | 99 | 0.099 |
| 480p/60 | +10 | 109 | 0.109 |
| 720p/60 | +25 | 124 | 0.124 |
| 1080p/60 | +50 | 149 | 0.149 |
Charged only while 60 fps is actually delivered. It needs a 60 fps camera or source.
Prices are in VoltKit Credits. New recharges: ₹1 = 1.0000 credits (≈ $0.01), so video with HD audio costs ₹99 (≈ $1.04) per 1,000 participant-minutes at today's conversion. Price list version 1.
Prices are in Indian rupees; dollar figures are approximate, at ₹95 per US dollar on 24 October 2026, for orientation only. You are billed in rupees.
Prices are in credits per 1,000 participant-minutes. One participant connected for one minute = one participant-minute.
- Rates measured per participant-minute.
- HD audio included with video.
- Actual media mode determines applicable rate.
- Enabling services does not itself generate metered charges.
- Quality depends on supported device, codec, and network.
- Billing uses authenticated server-side measurements.
- Wallet offers and conversion are displayed before payment.
- Taxes, where applicable, are shown separately or clearly included.
- Premium frame rates depend on availability and compatibility.
Side by side
ZEGOCLOUD and VoltKit RTC, row by row
ZEGOCLOUD's figures keep its own labels and units; VoltKit's column is read live.
| What is compared | ZEGOCLOUD list price (US$) | VoltKit (₹, ≈ US$ for orientation) |
|---|---|---|
| Voice |
| Standard Voice: ₹39 (≈ $0.41)HD Voice: ₹49 (≈ $0.52) per 1,000 participant-minutes |
| HD video (720p) |
| ₹99 (≈ $1.04) per 1,000 participant-minutesOne rate at every resolution: Up to 1080p/30, HD audio included |
| Full HD video (1080p) |
| ₹99 (≈ $1.04) per 1,000 participant-minutesOne rate at every resolution: Up to 1080p/30, HD audio included |
| 2K and above | No separate tier: one rate for any video | Not offered: VoltKit video goes up to 1080p/60 |
| In-app chat |
| Included with every room; chat-only connections are not metered as participants |
| Free allowance | 10,000 minutes free on sign-upzegocloud.comread 2026-10-24 | A one-time testing trial: 2,500 participant-minutes on your first project, at any quality; up to 25 people per room until the first paid recharge |
| Rounding | The 2022 SDK pricing doc bills a call under one minute as one minute; later rounding rules were not checked.docs.zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24 | Recorded in seconds and billed per participant-second; nothing is rounded up to a minute |
| Billing currency and payment | List prices in US dollars | Indian rupees: UPI, card and net banking through Razorpay |
List prices as published on 2026-10-24, each at the URL beside it. VoltKit's rates and trial are read live.
| Vendor | Free allowance | How it is counted | Minimum commitment or plan floor | Source, read 2026-10-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZEGOCLOUD | 10,000 minutes free on sign-up | Minutes (whether monthly is not stated) | Not published | zegocloud.comread 2026-10-24 |
| VoltKit RTC | A one-time testing trial: 2,500 participant-minutes on your first project, at any quality; up to 25 people per room until the first paid recharge | Participant-minutes, at any quality | None: a prepaid wallet you recharge in rupees; no subscription, nothing renews | Usage and billingread live |
List prices as published on 2026-10-24, each at the URL beside it. VoltKit's trial is read live and changes for campaigns.
Limits
What VoltKit RTC does not offer
- Interactive live rooms: hosts and seated guests on air, the audience in the same room; not CDN broadcast. Viewers are participants, billed at the rate of what they receive.
- Video above 1080p: VoltKit video goes up to 1080p, at 30 fps or with a 60 fps upgrade.
- A released native iOS (Swift) SDK: it is in preview. The Flutter SDK builds iOS apps today.
- No PK module, gift system or coin wallet: PK battles, gifts and wallets are app logic built on rooms and chat.
Frequently asked questions
Is ZEGOCLOUD's $3.99 video rate HD or Full HD?
Its pricing page does not say (zegocloud.com, read 2026-10-24). The SDK pricing doc last updated 2022-12-08, which applies to accounts created before 9 December 2022, lists HD up to 720p at $3.99 and Full HD above 720p to 1080p at $12.99 per 1,000 participant-minutes (docs.zegocloud.com, read 2026-10-24). VoltKit's one video rate covers 480p, 720p and 1080p at 30 fps.
Does ZEGOCLOUD charge for in-app chat separately?
Yes: its pricing page lists In-app Chat at $99 per 10,000 MAU (zegocloud.com, read 2026-10-24). VoltKit includes chat with every room; chat messages and chat-only connections are not charged.
Is there a VoltKit allowance like ZEGOCLOUD's 10,000 minutes free on sign-up?
New accounts get a one-time testing trial: 2,500 participant-minutes on your first project, at any quality; up to 25 people per room until the first paid recharge. The number is read live and changes for campaigns.
Is there a migration guide from ZEGOCLOUD?
Not a ZEGOCLOUD-specific one. The Agora migration guide's concept map applies: a room per call or live room, a string identity per user, roles signed into a token your backend mints, and chat built into the room connection. The token-server guide builds the endpoint in Node.js, Python, Go, PHP and Java.
What does a 60-minute Full HD 1:1 call cost on VoltKit?
Two people for 60 minutes are 120 participant-minutes. At today's Full HD video rate that is 120 participant-minutes × 99 ÷ 1,000 = 11.88 credits, which is ₹11.88 (≈ $0.13), billed per second.
Does ZEGOCLOUD bill per second?
The 2022 SDK pricing doc bills a call under one minute as one minute; later rounding rules were not checked (docs.zegocloud.com, read 2026-10-24). VoltKit records usage in seconds and bills per participant-second, with nothing rounded up to a minute.
What is a participant-minute?
One participant connected for one minute = one participant-minute. Ten people in a room for six minutes use 60 participant-minutes, viewers included. VoltKit records usage in seconds and bills per participant-second, so nothing is rounded up to the next minute.
Are these prices current?
Each vendor figure is the list price published on 2026-10-24 at the URL beside it; the figures are re-checked monthly and the check date is printed on the page. VoltKit's rates are read live from its price list, so they are today's.
Build your live rooms on VoltKit RTC
Voice rooms, video calls and interactive live rooms with chat, from one prepaid wallet in rupees. Your backend mints the tokens; the browser, React, Flutter and Android SDKs join the room.
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